Selective addressing machine



Feb. 6, 1940. LL. 2,189,115

Jaye/v if Feb. 6, 1940. Y J. KRELL 2,189,115

SELECTIVE ADDRESSING MACHINE Filed Feb. 7, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I I 'l c5 co (5 c5 IIIIIIIIWBEWHHU Jnren/ar:

Patented Feb. 6, t v

I UNITEDTSTATES TE OFFICE -j v I Joseph Krcll, "Berlin -Zehlendort, Germany, na-

signor to Adrema Muchinenbaugesm. b. 8., Bel-lin Gennany M Appneaiionreorusr'y 7, 1938, Serial No. 189.200

. v i In Germany February 20, 1937 9 Claims, (01. 101-58) My invention relates toa deviceior aflording dress-printing machine embodying my invention visible indication of the plates to be printed and .is illustrated by wayo! example. those to be skipped in a printing machine having Inthe drawings: checking and printing stations. The plates may Fig. 1 is a perspective illustration showing those be the printing plates of address-printing' maparts of the machine which are related to the 5 chines, and, more particularly, toa deviceof the irivention, Y a j '7 kind described for printing plates equipped each i' Fig.3isaperspectivezillustration of thecheckwith not less than one tab,-for subdivi ding the ing-station,:.showing the holder'ffor the strip supply of, plates intogroups to be printed",'and ready for the flna l'securing of the strip,

o groups to be skipped. Y r I F B. 3 is aperspective illustration, -drawn to a It is an object of my invention to provide an l rger scaleand showing the partsot the strip 7 improved device of the kind referredto by which.) hfllder s pa at ly, Y a more rapid operation is effected. v 4 is 8; s c On e-line IV'IV i Fig,

To this end, in combinationwith atrack along 5 is a vertical longitudinal Section Of the which the plates equipped with a single tab, or se bled h dt 0n ,the' line r- Fig; 15 any numberof tabs, are moved past the checking g- 6 is 86 p n View of a checking strip, as and printing stations of a printing machine, I d and I 5 I provide an exchangeable checking strip, checking gh s t p e y for use, h

' means, normally not less thanone projection, l Projections except W b which is integrally formed with, and detachable Referring W d f 'i l e table of 20 from the strip corresponding to the tabs of a the re -p n ng'm chinaan 4s its'oscilgroup of plates to be printed, and a holder, at lilting p i i sarm which is operated by hand the checking station for presenting the checking y y suitable mechanical means, not shown. means or detachable projections of the strip to Its pri g 11684111 is q pp with the usual the tabs on the plates. P g P i j@ l:

In address-printing machinesphaving printq- 4 is a; hopperfo e p n n iilat'esul ,The ing plates with tabs and manually operated means hopper n i f a h nmember at for skipping those plates that-- are not to b one side. and afla't member at the other. .The printed, it has already been proposed to partly bers areso arrang d th b't p n plates cut away one of the rails of the track at the checkthe 9p? rea i w h Printing 30 ing station so as tojexpose the tabs on the print- N manner known i vthis are'fed in ing plates and to allow the operator to have them their longitudinal direction 1 and J Succession printed or skippedas indicated bythe tabs. ne i vtrack m d by a pair. oflparallel'rails With the comparatively high operating speed 1 and nd int t d' p'ast the 85 of address-printing machines it is difilcult for the .4 checking station the p inting station 9 where operator to decide immediately whether a plate an inked n S l rovided. and a final section which arrives at thechecking station is to be track; o b c e r d o a container 10. printed or skipped, and errors may occur. This is Any Suitable ns; ISh m y P ided practically eliminated by my device which i'acilifl P s along he track'intermitw tates the checking operation so much that the tenth n if Skipping" 9 P es that are operator can see ata glance which plate is to be not to be pnnteda I 1 printed, I A Single tab, or any desired number of tabs,

It is another objectof my invention to provide -P tabs 5 beingshown, y way-of example F an improved checking sum secured toone oi theguiding edges of each plll'ite ing plate land are preferably of distinct colors 45 To this end, I make the strip-which preferably consists of Celluloid or some other similar matesubdividing the printing plates mto groups to be skipped, and groups to be printed. r-ial, preferably colored-w1th integrally formed m m V projections arranged at one sideoi'the strlp and only pr 8 plates whlch are allotted to a given group by a definite-tab "6, or'a comslightly creased at the root sothat-they are easily nations of tabs; be minted at the} printing 50 detachable. There are as many projections on station '9 d h l tare not selected by th s p 88 s can be secured to ea P automatic means but bythe operator checking the and those projections that are not required for H plates atth'e station-5!, I akgiven group of printing plates, are broken om, At the checking station, the rail I at the right 5 In the accompanying 'draw fis part of an adoi the track-as yiewedin the direction in which i the printing plates move alongtthe track-is plates 5 are at. thefcheckingstation, asf'best seen As' described above, aldevice in which the. tabs are merely displayedj is-not proof against errors.

My inventiontherefore provides means for check-' ing the plates at the checking station, i. e, for

comparing them with the projections left on the j checking strip. 331- these'ineans itis made easy for the operator to pick out,"at aglan'ce, those plates which are to be printedga e The means is the holder illustrated particular ly in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. It is arranged-at the righthand side of the checking stationfi' where the rail V certain. group,.j-for instance, the plates having I is Omitted, or recessed. A plurality of pins pro- Ject upwardly from the table I, and-the several.

' parts of theholder, and the checking strip I2,

are placed on the pins with suitable holes. Preferably, more than two pins are provided, and

, spaced at different distances from each other. In

the present instance, three pins l4, l5, and-l5 are arranged, and the pin ll at one end is spaced furtheraway from the intermediate pin l5 than the pin l6 at the other end of the holder. The parts of the holderhave holes to flt'on thepins,

and similar holes are made in'the checking strip On account .of the non-uniform spacing.

of the pins, the parts of the holder can only be placed on the pins in a definite position, and so[ the arrangement is foolproof.

Y Preferably, an insertion I9 is placed on the pins I i4, i5, and I6 as the-base of the holder. The insertion is a flat strip, of Celluloid or other suitable material, and of such width that it projects from the holder at the inner side of the track and is below the tab, or tabs, 5 of the printing plates tab, 01'' tabs, 6 are. attached, and preferably.

painted white, like the insertion I9, is placed on the pins H, I5, and I6 above the insertion, and secured by a pair of screws-with sunk heads.

-The ends of a U-shaped holder l8 are permanently secured to the ends of the straight-edge ii. The'holder engages above the edges of the printing plates 5 where thetab, or tabs, 6 are secured and defines, together with. the inner edge 24, a' space or window in which the tab, or tabs,

are exposed 'to view. At the same time, the' holder l8 guides the printing plates. 'Ihe pins ll, li and l6 are so long that they project from the upper face .of the straight-edge'i i and receive the checking strip [2 and a bar, l3 by which the checking strip is held on the straight-edge. The checking strip I2which, as mentioned, is made of Celluloid, orsimilar mater-iaLand preferably colored, is made with as many checkingmeans or integrally formed; detachable as there are" points on the printing plates for the reception ofa tab, or tabs, 6. Inthe present instance, it has been assumed that there are fourteen such points on each printing plate, and so the checking strip, as made and as shown in Fig. 6, has fourteen projections 23 numbered from- 1 to 14" at its inner side, i. e.; thatrside' which faces the track for the printing plates '5. Preferably, the projections 23 are slightly creased at'the roots to. facilitate their separation from the body of the The inner. face of the bar 4 fered as shown at 25 in 4,.to further improve the visibility'of the projectionsand. tabs. By the non-uniform spa'cing'of the pins l4, l5,

strip. Holes 20, 2i, and 22 set-ye for placing. the

strip on' the pins-M, l5,-and 16 in the-proper position, i. e., with the projections towardthe projections consecutively in conformityvwith the tab-receivingpoints of the printing plates, as shown for the projections 1 to .7 in Fig. 6.

Thenumeralaandthe creases at the roots of the -projections, indicate theupperflside of the strip 'Ilwhich. must be on topwhen-the strip is placed in theholder. 4

g If it is desired to print only the plates of a tabs 6 atthefourth and tenth points, and to skip ,all others, the projections 23 are broken off "with the exception. of'those numbered 10 and r "4 and designated by the numerals 23' and'23j',

respectively, in Fig. 7. The operator knows that only those printing plates 5 must be printed with which the position of the tabs '5 corresponds to' that of the projections 23', 23" on the checking strip and is ableto ascertain at a glance whether a printing plate arriving at the checking V station if has itsvtabs positioned in conformity" Fig. *2 shows such a printing plate'at the checking station. A.

v proper position, the bar I; is placed on the pins to weigh down the strip.

1 3' is preferably chamand l5, and consequently of :the holes 20, 2|, and 22 in the checking strip I2, as described, the

with the position of theprojections 23' and 23". v Q

When thestrip l2 has been placed-on thepins 14,15, and IS in the operator'is under the necessity of'placing the strip l2 onto the straight-edge I lin the proper position which is not positively assured if the pins are equidistant since then the strip might be inserted the wrong way. The bar l3 has bores in its lower face for the reception of the pins l4, l5, and I5, and is comparatively heavy.

In the example illustrated, only those printing I plates will be printed whose tabs 6 are in positions corresponding to the position of the projections 23 and 23" on the checking strip [2. If, as shown in Fig. 1, a printing plate arrivesat the checking station whose tabs 6 do not register with the projections 23' and 23", the operator sees this with a swift glance and knows that this plate must not be printed but sk-ipp'ed after If, on the other arriving at the printing station. hand, as shown in'F'ig. 2, a printing plate arrives at the checking'station whose tabs'register with the-projections 23', 23", the operator knows that this plate must be printed after having moved as far as the printing station.

Obviously, an ample supply of checking strips l2 must be kept instock so that strips will always be available for the various combinations of tabs required to which they are adapted by breaking off those checking means, or integrally formed,

detachable projections, that are not required.

I claim:

1. In a device for affording visible indication of the plates to be printed and those to be skipped in a printing machine having checking and printing stations, a tab on each printing plate of a supply, for subdividing the supply into groups to be printed and groups to be skipped, a track along which the plates are moved past the checking and printing stations of the machine, an exchangeable checking strip, integrally formed, detachable projections on the strip arranged to correspond to the position of the tabs on the plates belonging to a group to be printed, and a holder at the checking station for presenting the projections of the strip to the tabs on the plates.

2. In a device for aifording visible indication of the plates to be printed and those to be skipped in a printing machine having checking and printing stations, a tab on each printing plate of a supply, for subdividing the supply into groups to be printed and groups to be skipped, a track along which the plates are moved past the checking and printing stations of the machine, an exchangeable checking strip, an integrally formed, detachable projection on the strip arranged to correspond to the position of the tabs on the plates belonging to a group to be printed, and a holder at the checking station for presenting the projection to the tabs on the plates.

3. In a device for affording visible indication of the plates to be printed and those to be skipped in a printing machine having checking and printing stations, a tab on each printing plate oi a supply, for subdividing the supply into groups to be printed, and groups to be skipped, a track along which the plates are moved past the checking and printing stations or the machine, an exchangeable checking strip, integrally formed, detachable projections on the strip arranged to correspond to the position of the tabs on the plates belonging to a group to be printed, a holder at the checking station, and means on the holder for presenting the projections of the strip to the tabs on the plates only in the proper position with respect to the tabs.

4. In a device for ailording visible indication of the plates to be printed and those to be skipped in a printing machine having checking and printing stations, a tab on each printing plate of a supply, for subdividing the supply into groups to be printed and groups to be skipped, a table, a track on the table along which the plates are moved past the checking and printing stations of the machine, more than two pins projecting from the table at the checking station and pitched at diflerent distances from each other, an exchangeable checking strip having perforations for threading it on the pins,

checking means on the strip arranged to correspond to the position of the tabs on the plates belonging to a group to be printed, and a holder located by the pins for presenting the checking means 01' the strip to the tabs on the plates.

5. In a device for affording visible indication of the plates to be printed and those to be skipped in a printing machine having checking and printing stations, a tab on each printing plate 0! a supply, for subdividing the supply into groups to be printed and groups to be skipped, a track along which the plates are moved past the checking and printing stations of the machine, a

straight-edge arranged in parallel relation to the the plates secured to the, straight-edge and deview, pins projecting through the upper side of the straight-edge, an exchangeable checking strip having holes for the reception of the pins, checking means on the strip arranged to correspond to the position of the tabs on the plates belonging to a group to be printed, and a bar adapted to be placed on the" upper ends of the pinsfor'holding the strip down on the straightedge.

6. In a device for afiording visible indication of the plates to be printed and those to be skipped in a printing machine having checking and printing stations, a tab on each printing plate of a supply, for subdividing the supply into groups to be printed and groups to be skipped,

a track along which the plates are moved past the checking and printing stations of the machine, a straight-edge arranged in parallel relaproject above the said space, an insertion arranged below the straight-edge? and projecting below the said space, 01' a. color other than that of the tabs and the checking means, and a bar fining, with the straight-edge, a space in which the tabs on the'printing plates are exposed to,

adapted to be placed on the upper ends of the 1 groups to be printed and groups to beskipped, a

track along which the plates are moved past the checking and printing stations 01' the machine, an exchangeable checking strip, detachable projections arranged at one side of the strip and equal in number to the number of points where tabs can be secured to the plates, and a holder at the checking station for presenting to the tabs on the plates those projections which are still on the strip after it has been adapted to the position of the tabs on the plates belonging to a group to be printed.

8. In combination, printing plates having tabs thereon, a device for ailording visible indication of the plates to be printed and those to be skipped, said device including a strip, and a row of integrally formed detachable projections at one side of said strip.

9. In combination, printing plates having tabs thereon, a device for ailording visible indication of the plates to be printed and those to be skipped, said device including a strip, and a row or integrally formed detachable numbered pro-' jections at one side of said strip.

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